What can we know about Jesus? / Howard Clark Kee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kee, Howard Clark.

Series:

Understanding Jesus today

Understanding Jesus today.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Biography.

Christian biography--Palestine.

Christian biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

v, 122 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Summary:

Some recent writing discredits the picture of Jesus presented in the New Testament, either by claiming that newly discovered documents reveal a different figure or by reinterpreting the gospels themselves. This book analyzes the evidence about Jesus in a broad range of sources, from ancient pagan and Jewish texts to the earliest Christian sources, including the New Testament apart from the gospels, the canonical gospels, and later Christian texts not included in the Christian canon. Special attention is given to the source document known to scholars as Q, used by Matthew and Luke, and to the book of Mark, the oldest gospel. Each source is examined in light of the social and cultural context in which it was written, and the conclusion is drawn that in spite of differences in the portrayals of Jesus there is convergence of evidence about his activities and his message.

Contents:

Introduction: Knowing Jesus and Knowing about Jesus 1

1 What Can We Learn from Sources Outside the New Testament? 6

2 What Can We Learn from Early Christian Writings Outside the Gospels? 20

3 What Can We Learn from the Oldest Gospel Source? 40

4 What Can We Learn from Our Oldest Gospel? 59

5 What Can We Learn from the Other Gospels? 89.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

"Suggestions for further reading": page 117.

ISBN:

0521360579

0521369150

OCLC:

20691412